The Sun. — London, England, 1838-01-09 00:00:00

• 1 MAILS Ih.rrived. Due Arrived. Due • .00 0 0 Franc. - I . mai ii t Jerscy 0 Iluenti. Ayres 0 0 tismi,urp I '0 Carth2isena.,,.. 0 0 ...... 0 1 Dub1in... ...., 0 n Jamaica . .... 0 0 Flandera 0 0 Leeward Islands Arrived. )due 0 1.4• , (Pb 0 0 Mex ..... 0 0 Ostend ....« Sweden 2 Wa:zrfc , ra...... 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW Morning 53 minutes after I I Evening ...zn minutes after 2 - On Saturday Mornin g w ill b e published, -- T HE CANADIAN CONTROVERSY: its Origin, 'Nature, and Merits. 4 . Vous savez le Latin ?" " Oui ; mais faites commc si je ne savois pas." e s Gome. " Had the H ouse not heard—notL from ßo ure•coi a ' Canadian, cntilh nor fr m om a Toreigner, but from a Member of that House—a sort of satisfaction expeessegi at the defeat of British t - oops ? Had they not seen a sort of gloating over the confiscation of public and private pro perty in Canada 2—Lord J. Russell's Speech, 9.2 d Dec. London : Longman, Orme, and Co. O OUR SUBSCRIBERS, TO ADVER TISERS, AND TO THE PUBLIC. ME Union of the True Sun with The Sun, and other circumstances, have now given us a posi tion which no other Evening Journal possesses. It appears from the Parliamentary returns, that this Union has placed us at the head, and con siderably at the head, of all cur Contemporaries. The - attainment of this position has not been effected without very great sacrifices, and still greater exertions --exertions which the whole of the Pro vincial Press has declared to be unparalleled. We shall not, however, pause here. There are ether things of importance which have never been attempted by any Newspaper, but which we propose to effect. The private business of Parliament involves property, and affects interests to a much larger extent than any of the Courts of Law ; yet there have been no systematic or periodical Reports of those pro ceedings. We intend to supply the desideratum, by furnishing accurate and daily reports of the proceed ings of every Private Committee; so that smuggling of Bills through the Legislature, often of the most important character, can no longer take place- Every individual who chooses may become ac quainted with any matter affectino, himself or his property that comes before Parliament. To Law yers--to Members of Corporations --to Joint stock Companies —this information must be ♦ery desirable. Our agricultural friends will not be forgotten. At present they are dependent for prices either upon local Newspapers, which are generally published on the morning of each market day, and consequently only contain the prices of the preceding week ; or upon Lon don Journals published only once a week. We propose to remedy this defect by giving daily reports of every Corn-market of importance in the kingdom immediately after it takes place ; so that before any farmer goes to market, he may know the prices that have been obtained, in the shortest possible time, in his neigh bourhood. Besides the above, we propose many other im provements which must contribut e greatly to the advantage of our readers ; but we have not time to advert to them. Let us be judged by our merits. Sun Office, Ja nuary 1 , 1 838. I The pubhcatzon of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 20 minutes past Three o' Clock. WITH WHICH " THE TRUE SUN" IS NOW INCORPORATED. LONDON : • TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9, 1138. As Sir JAMES GRAHAM has led the van, we take for granted we shall have many more Tories exhibiting themselves at public dinners, with a view to get up the steam, previous to the re-assembling of Parliament- Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, we see, is already advertised to appear at an entertainment of this sort at Chester ; and what should prevent Sir R. PEEL or Lord STAN LEY from making a similar display? There is a fine open ing for them just now. They cannot possibly have abet ter theme for venting their spleen on, than the Canada question. Think how many fine things, how many vague, but eloquent, generalities, may be said on this subject ! Ministerial inc apacity—Constituti on set at defiance—British Colonists in a state of armed insur rection---dignity of the mother country atrociously in sulted--Radicals at the bottom of it all—Whigs in connection with Radicals—O'CoNNELL, the leader of both factions, and PAPINEAU takin g his cue from O'CONNELL ;—here are themes for declamation, which in the hands of such expert Tories, as PEEL or STANLEY, might be the means of putting the minds of all the ignorant, and prejudiced, and discontented, into a state of perfect combustion ! Let the Tories then, we say, take heed to this hint. If, in consequence of th.!ir long exclusio n from Downing -street, and conse quent inability to help themselves to the Treasury lcAves and fishes, they cannot raise the wind, they can, at any rate, raise the hurricane —and such an op portunity for getting up a very pretty storm in Eng land should not be neglected by them ; for it may not occur soon again. Besides, in raving on the Canadian question, the Tories need not stick to facts, or fear being refuted ; for little or nothing is y e t k nown of the r ea l mer i ts of the dispute ; s o t h ese factiou s sop hi sts, for some days to come, will have the fruitful field o f d eclamation all to themselves. Lord STANLEY IS just the sort of man to make a prodi gious hit at a public dinner on the subject of the re volted colonies. Such a topic would exactly suit his loose, desultory style of reasoning. ; and set off by his flashing eyes, his impetuous manner, and the semi circular sweep of his left arm, would no doubt shake the Melbourne Cabinet to its foundation. The Dissenters of Scotland have taken alarm at the report, so confidently circulated by the Tories in that part of the kingdom, that Ministers have deter mined to propose to l'arliament a grant of the pub lic money, for,' the purpose of endowing additional Churches, to supply the alleged deficiency of spiritual instruction on the other side of the Tweed. In order do!Teat this insane project—should any idea of car rying it into execution be seriously entertained—th e Soteh Dies Niters have taken the field, commencing their isperations with a vigour and determination worthy of to descendants of those who periled everything in the Hausa of conscience, and who at last succeeded, by exertions and through sufferings without example, in rendering that cause triumphant. We learn from the Scottish Pilot, that various im portant meetings of Dissenting Bodies were held in Edinburgh last week, and that Resolutions pro testing against the proposed grant, in the strongest terms which the language can supply, were unanimously passed. In these proceedings the Synod of the United Secession Church took the lead, a body, be it observed, that never before—during the hundred y ears o f i ts ex i stence as a Chure..Court— met for the purpose of taking into consideratio n any measure either under discussion or likely to be pro posed to the Legislature. This departure from long established precedent proves how deeply the Secession Church feel the importance, to the interests of religion, , f r -f :A.- Zfik of the question of granting additional endowments to the Church established by law. There was also held a very numerous and influen tial meetin:z of the Scottish Central Board for Vin dicating the Rights of Dissenters, at which there were present, besides the ordinary Members of the Board, Deputations from all parts of Scot land. The speeches at this great meeting are given at length by our Edinburgh Contemporary, and we should have been happy, had our space allowed us, to transfer entire to our columns,: the elo quent effusions of Dr. WARDLAW, Dr. HEUGII, and other distinguished men among the Dissenters, who took an active part in the proceedings of the meeting. On these, as well as on the general merits of the question at issue, we shall make a few obser vations to-morrow. Our readers will find in another column a letter from Mr. lluat E tr.in the subject of the civil war in Lower Canada. The Hon. Member for Kilkenny, whose opinions upon this subject are well known, seeks to excuse the Canadian insurgents, whotn he represents as having persevered, " with a degree of forbearance and patience almost unexampled in seeking redress of their grievances, but without effect"—adding that, in his opinion, they would have persevered in a constitutional course much longer but for Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S ill-starred string of coercive resolutions. We arc of the same opinion ; but we are not therefore convinced that the insurrection in Canada was a jot the more justifiable. Will the Hon. Gentleman undertake to say that the Canadians had any grievances corn• parable in magnitude and intensity with those of the people of Ireland ? Will he take upon him to tell the people of this country, that the patience of the Cana dians equals that of the people whom he himself so well, and so worthily represents in the Imperial Par liament ? Mr. HUME quotes extracts from a debate on the subject of a petition presented by him in the House of Commons in 1828. We have read that de bate, and beg, in our turn, to quote an extract from the speech of Mr. HusictssoN, then a member of the Government, comprising, in a brief space, a tole rably correct epitome of the connection between Lower Canada and this country : " In contemplatin g the nature of the constitution pro vided for the Canadas, we must always bear in mind the great and leadin g principle on which this country has ever acted in regard to her political relations, both foreign and domestic— I mean the maintenanc e of national honour and good faith. In this case it is necessary for us to maintain the good faith of the engagements entered into by this country with the French settlers, who constituted the original population of these colonies. By the Constitution given to the Canadas in 1791, the Legislature of England reserved to itself the liberty to alter, vary, and amend the government of these colonies as it might think proper. That Constitution carries the principle of modification or repeal even to th e reserved lands allotted for the use and maintenance of the established church in Canada. The Canadas were ceded by France to England in 1763 in fully sovereignty, without any stipulation or obligation whatever with respect to the mode in which they were to he administered, as in the case of a new conquest. The French grafted on the small population of 65,000 inhabitants the whole of the feudal syste m of France, as it existed in all its deformities in the middle of the 17th century. The mother country grafted on the other institutions a law of succession, not that of primo geniture, but a system denominated the Custom of Paris.' The lords paramount held directly under the crown, and granted portions of their land to their vassals. These seigno ries were divisible into the smallest fractions, so that cases have occurred of the sale of 1-13th of a hundredth of a lord ship. Hence arose the most complicated system of tenures. " Shortly after 1763 British laws were established in the Ca nadas, and the promise of a Legislative Assembly was held out to them. In 1774, it appearing that the Canadians were greatly attached to their original form of Government, and not satisfied with that which had been more recently introduced, a Bill was introduced, suggested by and in compliance with the feelings of the Canadians, on the principle that French laws wer e well adapted to their situation and circumstances. The Bill re-established the French laws and customs as they re garded property and the system of civil law, includin g the custom of Paris. By the same Act, the criminal law of Eng land was retained in Canada ; which from 1774 was to be go verned by the civil law of France and the criminal code of Eng land. In 1774 another important Act provided, thsit all cus toms and duties heretofore imposed on the colonists by France, and from the date of the conquest to that year payable to Eng land, should cease for ever. In lieu of these the Act appointed easier duties, which were to be appropriated not to the advan tage of the mother country, but to the maintenance of the civil administration of Canada. Thus was a maintenance made for the support of the established religion in Canada. In 1791 the Quebec Act was passed, giving to the Canadas a popular representation. By one of the provisions of this Act, the right and control over all imposts were vested in an assembly to be so constituted. Under the Act of 1791, all duties were to be imposed and appropriated as the Colonial Legislature should determine. The Act provided that in Lower Canada the Legislative Assembly should consist of not less than 50 members, while in Upper Canada the minimum was fixed at 15. The chief power of representation was unfortu nately thrown by the mode in which this Act was executed, into the hands of the seignories, the English settlers being excluded from a fair participation in what ought to be popular representation. The taxes imposed in 1774, in lieu of the old French ones, which I may describe as the permanent revenue of the Crown, amounting to about 35,0001. per annum. The House of Assembly of Lower Canada now claimed the right of appropriatin g the permanent revenue, item by item. On the other part it is maintained, and, as it appears to me, in a manner absolutely incontrovertible in law, that the Crown possesses over this revenue a discretionary power as to the proportions in which it is to be distributed. The House of Assembly having the command of the lar g e revenue of 140,0001 , refuse to appropriate unless the smaller and per manent revenue be equally placed at their disposal. This is the contest between the Executive and Legislativ e body in Lower C ana d a ." , Mr. HUME will recollect that in February 1831, another debate occurred on the grievances in Lower Canada, when Lord HOWICK, then a member of the Government, with a view of conciliating the House of of Assembly, made the following concession to that body : " His Majesty's Government relied upon the good feeling of the Legislative Assembly for a proper provision for con. ducting the civil government of the colony. In that confi dence, the Ministers would leave the whole of the revenue at the disposal of the House of Assembly. The revenue hitherto levied by the Crown amounted to 32,000?., which it proposed to give up, calling on the colony to provide a sort of Civil List for seven years. The sum required by the Government would be, for the Governor 5,2001., for the judicial establishments 11,1501., pensions and allowances 1,0001." Now, it must not be forgotten, that the first of Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S resolutions proves, that this con cession was never received, or that the compact implied in it, was not observed by the House of Assembly a proof that its deliberations were not directed by a disinterested zea► for the welfare of the Canadians as subjects of Great Britain. The resolution alluded to affirms expressly :—. That since the 31st of October, 1832, no provision has been made by the Legislature of the province of Lower Ca nada for defraying the charges of the administration of justice, and for the support of the civil government within the said province, end that there will. on the 10th of April next, be required for defraying in full the charges aforesaid to that day, the sum of 142,1601. 14s. 6d. We state the question in this form, that equal justice may he rendered to all parties. We admit as readily as can Mr. Hush, that the Canadians have great grievances to complain of ; hut, as we have already repeatedly stated, they are not such as would justify them in appealing to pf►ysical force, with a view to redress them. The Canadians were not without powerful advocates in this country, and had they only waited a little longer, measures would have been taken to render them ample justice. In the Hon. Member for Kilkenny they had a host far more powerful than any that is likely to appear in arms under the banner of M. , PA PINEA U. The " hard-hearted political economists" out of their superabundant regard for the land owners, seem as de termined " to fight to the death" for the Corn Laws, as a few rears ago they promised to do for the Ballot and " Household 'Suffrage." THE IRON TRADE. —The demand for iron dur ing the last fortnight, has been extremely brisk, and there has been some advance in prices. The present price of common bars, is 9/. per ton, shipped at Cardiff or Newport.—Cardiff Chronicle. On Thursday week, the Unitarians of Stockton held their congregational social meeting in the freemason's lodge-room, on which occasion upwards of one hundred per sons sat down to tea. The evening was spent in a highly agreable and appropriate manner, the proceedings of the meeting being concluded by singing and prayer, and with impressing on the hearts of the company, the lovliness of exercising peace and goodwill to all men. — Shields Observer. , THE SUN, LONDON, TVESDAY, JANTIANV 0, 1.888. PRIVATE 13t/SINESS PARLIA- MENT. From this day we shall commence a series of ratl.. cies preparatory to our daily reports of the private business of Parliament ; and we advise those who may he likely to be interested in that private business, to possess themselves, and keep for future teferenee, copy of The Snn, for this and the following days, until the opening of Parliaments COMPOSITION OF Tla COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE OP COMMONS ON PRIVATE BILLS. The Committees on Private Bills are formed froth a Sessional List, containing &'out "sixty Members, the nearest to the lonlity of the Bill, an d a b ou t s i x ty mor e the mostdistant f rom t h at l oca li ty ; an d t hi s system i s adopted in order that those who are the most likely to he interested by the measure may take part in the proceedings; and those who are the most disinterested may be called in to prevent the interests of the former from swaying the decision of the Committee from the principles of justice and the public good. This is very pretty in theory, but it is utterly inefficient in practice. Out of the 120 Members eligible to sit, five alone are re quired to constitute a Committee, and those five are generally selected and asked to attend, because they are known to be friendly to the objects or the promoters of the measure. Out of the remaining 115 Members, persons opposing the measure may endeavour to cause others to attend ; and if they can procure a greater number by canvassing, petitioning ; arguing, or other wise, than those who support the measure, of course they will swamp the Committee, and cause the Bill to be thrown out. In the great majority of cases, the object of opponents is not so much against the principle of the Bill, which they might have opposed often with greater chance of success in the second reading, but against some of the details affecting their particular in terests ; and in such case, one or two Members being induced to attend and join the Committee, will be of very great service in promoting the particular views of such opponents, if reasonable, just, or expedient. In order, therefore, that all may know who those Members are who are eligible to sit on Committees for the dif ferent counties of England, and counties of Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, we shall give them in their alphabetical order. MEMBERS ELIGIBLE TO SIT ON COMMITTEES FOR THE COUNTY OF BEDFORD. Alford, Viscount—Bedfordshire Andover, Visc.—Malinesbury Acland, Sir T. D.—N. Devonshire Alston, Rowland —i I ertfords hire Attwood, M.—Whitchavei, Ashley, Cooper, Hon. A. H.—Dor chester Baring, F.—Thetford Batcson, Sir B.—Londonderry Belfast, Earl of—Belfast Berkeley, Hon. F. 1 1.—Bristol Bernal, Ra'ph—Rochester BrLbazon, Sir William—Mayo Co, Bramston, 'l'. \V.—Essex South Browne, R. D.—Mayo Buller, Charles—Li s k ear d Buller, Sir J. Yarde—Devonshire Cartwright, Win. R.—South Nor thamptonshire Castlereagh, Visc.—Downsh ire Chandos, Marquis of—Bucks Clayton, Sir William—Marlow Codringtsn, Sir E.—Devonport Collins, W.—Warwick Cowper, Hon. W. F.—Hertford Currie, Raikes—Ncrthampton Dashwood, G. IL—Wycombe De Horsey4S H.—Newcastle-under- Lyme Dick, Quintin—Maldon Douglas, Sir C. G.—Warwick Duff; James—Banniire Eaton, R. J.—Cambridgeshire Ebrington, Viscount—N. Devon Ellice, Capt. A —Harwich Eric, Win.—t‘xford Euston, Earl—Thetford Fazakerley, J N.—Peterborough Fellowes, Edw.—Huntingdonshire Forester, Hon. G.—Wenlock Fox, U. Lane—Beverley Frmia , itle:Sir T.—Buckingham Fresh field W.—Penryn Gaskell, Jas. M.—Wcnlock Gibson, J.—Belfast Gladstone, W E.—Newark-on-Trent Godson, R.—Kidderminster Gordon, lion. W.—Aberdeenshire Goulburn, Right Hon. H.—Cam. br Lig,. University Grey, Sir George—Devonport Grimston, Viscount—Hertfordshire Grimston, Hon., E. H.—St. Alban's Harcourt, Geo. Simon—Bucks Heron, Sir R.—Peterborough /terries, Right Hon. J. C.—Harwich Hillsborough, Earl of—Down 11,13hou•e, T. B.—Rochester Hogg, James Weir—Beverley Hope, G. W.—Weymouth James, Sir W. C.—Kingston-on-Hull Jones, T.—L.ndonderry Co. Knightley, Sir C.—Northamptonsh. Law, Hon C. E.—Cambridge Univ. Lockhart, M.—Lanarkshise Lucas, E.—Monaghan Maclean, Donald—Oxford Mahon, Viscount— Hertford Maidstone, Visc.—North Northamp tonsnire Maunsell, T. P.—Northamptonshire Miles, Philip John—Bristol Miller, Wm. H.—Newcastle-under- Lyme Muskett, George A.—St. Alban's Palmer, R.—Berkshire Palmer, George—Essex • Parker, Montagu—Devon Parnell, Sir H.—Dundee Philipps, Sir R.—Haverfordwest Polhill, Frederick—Bedford Pollock, Sir F.—Huutngdon Potter, R.—Wigan Pracii, W. M —Aylesbury Pryme, George—Cambridge Pusey, Philip—Berkshire Rice, Right Hon. T. S.—Cambridge Rickford, William—Aylesbury Rolfe, Sir R. M.—Penrhyn Round, John-3laldon Round, Charles Grey—E s sex Russell, Lord C.—Bedfordshire !Sanderson, Richard—Colchester Smith, Hon. R.—Wycombe Smith, It. Vernon—Northampton Smith, J. A.—Chichester Smyth, Sir Henry—Colchester - Standish, Charles—Wigan Stuart, Henry—Bedford Thoreeley, Thos.—Wolverhampton Thornhill, Geo.—Huntingdonshire Townley, It. G.—Cambridgeshire Tracy, Henry H.—Bridgenorth Tyrrell, Sir J. T.—North Essex Verney, Sir H.—Buckingham Villiers, C. P.—Wolverhampton Villiers Viscount—Weymouth Walker, C. A.—Wexford Wernyss, Captain—Fifeshire Westenra, Hon. H. IL—Monaghan Whitmore, T. C.—Bridgenorth Wilberforce, W.— Hull Wilde, Mr. Serjeant—Newark Wilkins, Walter—Radnorshire Williams, Tho:nas— Marlow Williams, Robert—Doreheste r Woulfe, Mr. Serjeant—Cashel Yorke, Eliot T.—Cambridgeshire Young, Geo. Fred.—Tynemouth Young, Sir W.—Bucks THE FUNDS. -(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The New York Courier, of the 14th December, has the subjoined:— " An informant says that the whole of the district of Niagara is de. cidedly Radical, and that, notwithstanding the presence of nearly 300 Royalists under arms, Rolph, with whom he conversed, was openly parading the streets, and that arrangements had been publicly made for hoisting the American flag, if the news had been favourable from To. ronto, by mutual consent. No movement, or arrest, at Niagara, were to take place ; but their actions were to depend upon the news from the other side of the Like. He also states that the American citizens were pouring into Canada, and that there can be little doubt but that the greater part of the Upper Province is ripe for revolt. lie says that the feeling at Niagara was decidedly in favour of the Radicals; and the cir cumstance that Rolph was permitted to be at large, is evidence of the fact." The Boston Paper of the 14th December says :—" Sonv, of the newspapers are endeavouring to keep up an excitement about the Cana dian insurrection ; but it is apprehended that the contest is rapidly ap proaching its termination in favour of the Government. The fact is, that all the accounts from the camp of the Patriots, and from Vermont, of the victories and successes of the insurgents, have been exaggerated, and i❑ most ca , es the boasted victories have proved to be defeats." The Nightingale, a ship from!Bahia, is off Liverpool ; we hear she is only a day or two later than the last arrival from that quarter. SITERIrFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) BUITARI) v. GRUEN. This war An adtidn brotigllt it a printseller, to recover of the defendant the sum of 3/. 35., the value of ad ciigraviflg tit the pas!ing, of the Reform Bill. . The defendant pleaded a set off for three volutms of the Parliamentary Chronicle, of whieh he is proprietor and editor, delivered to the plaintiff'. All order (or the boas in the plaintiff's handwriting was put in, and trio witne:3ses Were CA led ; Iv ho probed the delivery St the plMlitiff's hotts. The witnesses v.'ete rigidly trois-ekamlited on this did not vary their esidehae: For the paliltiii` his servant was called, who swore that the books could not have been delivered without her knowledge, and that she had never seen thrm. The plaintiff's assistant Was also called, and lie de= dared the hooks could not have been iii the house without his know_ ledge, rang if thep httd been there he should have used them in his blitiness. The UrinEa S Eater said the last witnesses swore very boldly, but their evidence was only negative. It was for the Jury to say whether there had been any mistake. Verdict Ls. the Defendant, INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. (THIS DAY.) Bishop Sharpe, the far famed ex.ugilist, applied on his petition to be discharged, and was unopposed. It eppeared that poor Sharpe had been twice on the floor of the Court as an insolvent debtor; and each time bad been awarded to be entitled to the benefit of the Act. He took his last benefit on the stage of the Insolvent Court in September, 1831, and since then he had retired from the glory of the prize ring, putting up with the humble cognomen of the keeper of a booth at races and fairs ; finding, however, that this wandering sort of life was stale and unprofitable, he assumed several names for the purpose of keeping body and soul together, but all would not do, he was floored for the second time, and horrid to relate was avin in durance vile, at the suit of a brother pall of his own wandering tribe, yclept a Booth Keeper, who rejoiced in the happy cognomen of Merry Weather. Since he had taken proceedings against poor Sharpe, some compunction had smote the heart of the conscientious Merry Weather, and he determined not to come to the scra'ch to oppose one with whom he had spent so many happy hours, on the turf, and at fairs, and wakes. _ . The Court ordered the Insolvent to be discharged, and thereby again enabled him to pursue his worthy calling. Wiliam Gridley applied on his Petition to be discharged. The Insol. vent was unopposed. It appeared that Gridley applied to the Court to be discharged in 1833, at which time, his petition was dismissed, on the ground of a friendly arrest, but he went out of custody the same evening. The Learned CITIEF.COMMISSIONER said that the same thing happened very often; persons tried the experiment of a false and Liendly arrest, and yet complained of the hardship of imprisonment for debt. The present case was only an illustration of what took place every day. The insolvent had been a prisoner since August last, and was now enabled to come before the Court through the charity of the Governor of the prison in which he was confined. The COURT ordered him to be discharged. THE FUNDS. Owing to the north-easterly winds we are entirely prevented from arrivals this tuorning—even the foreign mails remain due; in conse quence of which both the British and Foreign Markets are completely inactive, and the prices of all descriptions of Funds may be quoted at the leaving off prices of yesterday. Consols closed at 92; for tha Account; Money 901 to 901, and for he February Account 921 ; Exchequer Bills, 21d. per day, 5 1 52 prem ; Now India Bonds 5:; prem.; Bank Stock 2041; India Stock 2611 ex. dividend. Spanish Active 201, with Coupons; Brazil Stock 721 ; Dutch Two. anci.a.lialf per Cents. 52i # ; Colombian 24 ; Portuguese Five per Cents., New, 22h ; Ditto Three per Cents. 19k. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock .. 2 per Ceiit. J.- .. - IB 14 a.'• 3 per Cwnt. -, ons 9O 34 g, I south sea S tor k 3% per Cent_........ ... ......... 9.34 i, Old Antinthes :,...... ,- Ditto Reg 98V, 9 I N , w Ditto 9l ~4 New 3% pef Cent OSIA% j , 's per Cent. Annuities :7'o.- w Ne 5 per :I'.ent... .--- I Exch. Rills, elorN. ... 52 54 tom Sank LoneAnnuitiestne x pi re Ditto .SI Y, 5.2 54 pm. Jan. 5, 1803 14 13-16 ; Ditto Snail ....„ Oct. 10. -M-.... O II 11-18; Ditto Comm:,.rcia. ......... P ,,, n in. Jan. 5, !Wit/ --I Ditto Advertised........ -- P Jan. 5, 1.130 —, ' Bank ittock for Account April a, 1,1, ...... ...... .. --- Indh Stock for Account —.. .I,n. 5, i-i711„...._...„ ......... —_. c,,,,t, for Acconnt c09.Y4 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLUCK• A ustruto Bonds ihtto Account — Portuguese Ilonds..---. . Brazilian Fluids .......... 72%% Ditto Account — Onto Account .7 2 1,4 % (Ntto New 45#migs 29li. liocilos Ayre3 Bonds • Di!to Account Ditto, 3 per cen t __ .... hilf,:in /Mods ..-... .... i....,... Prorziati 1-1 7nd.;.........•• CDitto _Account ...... .......... Riii.nan Bonsis; 182''' — Dittoolubian Bonds ................. Ditto Account — ACCOUrit .... ... •.- Tito Metallic Columbian Bonds, 182 t _ ...... Spanish Bonds — DDitto Account . ................. 24 Ditto Account ..... ........ anish Bonds ......_........... Ditto Bands, 15:44.. Drcok Bori,is French, 5 per Z.:11'.. ......... —I —, Ditto Bonds, 1825 ...... Ditto Account .... -- 3 per C:ni' -C. :onto Account Mexic.ari Bonds, 5 per cent.... '--... Exchange ._-_ Dutch, 2S, Percent 53%14 Pitt% G per crAt. attii Account __.... ...n% ) Ditto, t.- per cent ......... 101% V PiaCES ii .....•• ~ , OF SHARE 3 THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK tl Per Share Brighton Railway Comp an y i di s 4 London and Southampton (N ew ) Railway 5 9. , .% Ditto Scrip HALF- 2 8%, Yanchester awl Lef..Lis Railway Company 15% PA S T ONE. Both the British and Foreign Markets have been durin g the whole of the morning in a stagnant state, and the various funds continue at the closing prices of yesterday. Consols, 92i i for Account; for February Account 92k. Exchequer Bills, 2i1., 52 54 prem. ; India Bonds, 16 14 those to be paid off; Bank Stock, 204 ; India Week, 261. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active 20 to 204 with Coupons; Portuguese 291 4 ; Three per Cents, 19% i ; Dutch Two..and-a_Half per Cents. 52i 6 ; Brazil, 72 to 72.; Mexican, ont -- e• Brighton Shares, 4 to 4i. London and Ditto AcCount Ncawit,n, THREK O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 92% i. SEVERE FROST.—For the last three days London has been visited by snow and frost. The frost was so severe last night as to freeze the water in the houses and water-pipes, many of which have burst from the expansion. The wind is intensely cold from the north-east. A. BANNERMAN, ESQ., M.P.—The supporters of Mr. Bannerman, and other friends of the Liberal cause, have resolved to entertain him at a public dinner, in the County Rooms.—Aberdeen Herald. TEA-TOTALISM.—The cup and saucer system has certainly progressed--and, judging from the reports of tea total festivals to be found now i n almost every country-paper —we suppose they will progress. Temperance an d mind bid fair to outstrip, in their " ma r ch e s," a ll compet i tors in the race for human perfectibility. Th e l as t t emperance demonstration of which we hare any account, is from Chelmsford, where we see that on the ist inst. the members and friends of the Tem perance Society celebrated the commencement of a New Year, by holding a festival to promote the object for which the Society was formed. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) DRY LODGINGS IN A BARBER'S SHOP. —John Hall was brought up, charged by :IS F Division, with assaulting him in the execution of his duty. It appeared that about eleven o'clock last night, the prisoner was ejected from a house in Crown-street, Soho, in a state of intoxication, and on the complainant's going up to him to ascertain what was the mat ter with him, he struck him such a violent blow on the side of the head as to cause a singing in his ear, and in order to prevent him doing any other mischief he gave him a lodging in the station-house. Frederick Bullen, a barber, residing in Crown-street, stated, that while he was last night in'the act of operating on the upper story of a gentleman in his shop, with the red.hot curling-irons in his hand, the prisoner made his appearance, and planted himself very com fortably at the fire. As witness was occasionally obliged to shift his position to do justice to the gentleman's pc-ricraniunt, he ob served the prisoner deliberately taking off his boots and preparing to take up his abode for the night. Witness seeing he was drunk, and suspecting that in that condition he could not have a razor applied to his chin, insisted he snottld instantly leave his pre. mises, upon which he assaulted him and would have repeated the offence had not his customer interfered to prevent him, nor would he have taken his departure till morning, but he got terrified at seeing the red-hot curling tongs brandished over his head. The prisoner said he was ignorant of what had happened, as he was very drunk; and, after expressing his sorrow, he was ordered to pay a fine of 10s. or go to prison for a fortnight. STEALING IN COVENT-GARDEN MARKET.—James Nult, a fellow who is constantly about the market, was charged by Moore, a constable, who stated, that at six o'clock this morning he saw the prisoner deliberately take a quantity of oranges from a stand, and on perceiving that he was about to be taken into custody he ran away, but was overtaken in a short time, when there were found upon him the 21 oranges produced, and which belonged to some person unknown. The prisoner said the oranges were lying on the pavement, and he thought no person could claim them. He was sent to prison for fourteen days. HATTON GARDEN-(THIS DAY). The landlord of the Horse and Groom, Theobald's Road, was sum moned before Messrs. Roonas and BENNErr, the sitting Magistrates, for serving during the hours of Divine service. Inspector Jenkins of the E division, stated that he entered the above house on Sunday, the 31st December, about twelve o'clock in the fore. noon, and found two persons in the parlour, drinking ale. This state ment was corroborated by a policeman of the same division. The Landlord said, that on Sunday morning before ten o'clock, Mr. How, the livery-stable keeper of Ilorse and Groom-yard, and another gentleman, entered his house and asked him if he would allow his ser. vant to cock a steak, to which he replied in the affirmative, and that the half-and-half, (not ale, as stated by the policeman), which they drank wills it, was drawn at the same time. Mr. How said that neither he orhis friend had any thing atter ten. Mr. ROGERS-Don't swear that Sir, when the Inspector states he saw you sitting in the parlour with ale before you at twelve o'clock. Mr. How—But I will swear it. Mr. Roomes—When you were so near your own house, why could you not have your steak there instead of going to a public house? Mr. How—Because the butchers' shops were closed. Mr. BENNETT thought the case was sufficiently proved, and the land. lord was fined 205., which he Immediately paid. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, JAN. S.—Wind E.N.E., blowing strong throughout the day, with mow and thick weather.—Came down from the River, and pro. ceeded an American ship, supposed the President, Chadwick, fur New York. FaLatouvr, JAN. 7.—Wind S. to E, fresh breezes.—Sailed the Bri tannia, Gibson, for Van Diemen's Land ; Estelle, Durand, for the Me. diterranean ; Joseph Anderson, Austrey, for Lisbon ; Alacrity, Page, for Lisbon ; Nautilus, Williams, for Barbadoes and St. Lucia ; Soho (steamer), Bain, for London. Off port the Bate, Kazell, from Batavia. PLYMOUTH, JAM. B.—Wind E —Arrived the Sirius (steamer), from London ; and Luna (steamer), from Cork. Sailed the Margaret, Henry, for Barbadoes. PORTSMOUTII, JAN. S.—Wind E., fresh breezes and fine.—Arrived the Pelham Clinton, Jones, and Diamond, Porter, from Kilrush ; Con tent, Lister, Jane Dunn, Williams, Favourite, , and Wonder, Spence, from Sunderland; Sarah Hall, from Shields ; Beverley, Eyley, from Guernsey; Aurora, Hick, from Newcastle; Mary Elliot, Flo rence, from Cork. Sailed the Friends, Thomas, for Cardiff; The Isabella, Sampson, for Hobart Town, was taken into the Queen's Dock to-day; she has not sustained any damage, and will be undocked again to-morrow. The Sovereign, Winter, is coming into harbour from Spithead. BELFAST. JAN. 6.—Arrived the Spick, Small, from St. John's, New Brunswick; Jerrlima, Palmer, from Alicant ; and Hazard, Stuart, from Terra Nova. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 7. Arrived off port, the Nightingale, from Bahia; Thomas Bennett, from Charleston; and P.R.C., from the Mediterranean. GLOUCESTER, JAN. 8 —Arrived the Louisa, Leurs, from Aitea. Ctvna, JAN. B.—Arrived the George M'Leod, Brown, from Halifax. LERWICK, JAN. 7.—Arrived the Exile, Fordyce, from Cadiz. HULL, JAN. B.—Arrived the Amity, Leslie, from St. John's, New Brunswick. SraomNESS, JAN. 7.—Arrived the Edward, Opohn, from Dantzic. MALTA, Dec. 23.—The Hind cutter has just returned from a survey of the Graham Island Shoals, on which there is only nine feet water, and nearly in mid channel between Sicily and I'antilleria. BOULOGNE, Jaw I.—The resemblance of the lighthouse of Grivez that of Dungeness in England, has been the cause of two losses (in our coast during the last week of 1837. The Grivez may cause new and fatal errors, unless the Administration prevents them by altering the lights. THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.) WHITECHAPEL MEAT MARKET. There was a large supply of town killed meat; but not much of country-killed this morning. Trade was very brisk owing to the cold weather. Prices were looking up, and may all be quoted as higher, HUNGERfoRD MARKET: Almost every commodity in this market was rather higher this morn ing, in consequence of the very cold weather. Vegetables, Meat, and Poultry received an impulse. Fish were in plentiful supply, but not higher; Turbot, 4s. Gd. to 18s. and 193. ; Soles, 6d. to Is. Gd. per pair ; Lobsters, Pd. to 21. for very fine; Cod, Is. fid. to Ss. for very good Hay and Clover in good demand for retail market, prices unaltered. BILLINGSGATE MARKET. Fish today were in very good supply, and the weather was in favour of a brisk trade. Prices rattier lower than yesterday. TUrbot, 4s. to 205.; Cod, Is. 6d. and 25., to SE., 95., and up to 12s. and 13s. for very large, of which there were but few ; Lobsters, 9d. to Is. 6d. ; Soles, 6d. to Is. Gd. and 2s. per pair for very large. TALLOW AND OIL MARKET. P.Y.C. to-day is held fur Os., but at present something lower than this is the price obtained. There is every appearance of its being higher still. Fish OHS do not advance, but the market is firmer. It is reported that there is a very large cargo of Fish Oil on its way from Australia; larger than any which has yet come from that quarter. il k Y MA RKETS.—( At plr Load of 36 Trusses.) CUMBEPLAND. C•Jarsc heavy Lowland Meador Hay... .£4 5 ..£ 410 N e w Meadow Flay 6 V 0 0 Useful Old Ditto " Fi n e Upland Meadow end f/ye.gra:s Hay Cover Hay Ont Straw. £1 14 to £ 3R 116 s Wheat Straw ll6 118 SMITHFIELD Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay ....£4i11 t.. £4 15 Now Meadow Hay .... ............. ... ...... -....: 0 0 9 V Useful Old Ditto Fi ne Upland Meadow and Rye grass H ay .-, 4 15 5 0 Mayer Hay : ‘ extra nne•......-€5 la Generally Oat Straw ......... 11 12 i. X 1 141 Wheat Straw I 14 1 lb COLONIAL MARKETS. The public sales to-day were neither numerous nor heavy, consist. ing chiefly of small parcels of Bengal and Barbadoes Sugar, Coffee, and Saltpetre. Two rather large sales of Molasses, and India Rice. No particular feeling to purchase existed in the market, and up to the time we left nothing novel had occurred. The sates for the most part were rather devoid of animation, but in prices we quote no variation of moment. B. P. Sugar was quoted at from 60s. to 625. 6d. ; for Brown, ass. to GGs. 6d. for fine; low yellow to good, 635. 6d. to 655. ; Bengal white, 665. 6d. to 68s. ; brown and yellow, 50a. to 645, 6d. No sales of Mauritius. Refined Sugar is nominal, and the quotation 38s, 6d. f o r fine crushed. Coln° —The sales to-day were only a few bags of Berbice and Ceylon-39 of the former and 48 of the latter; too small to form any criterion far the market. Tea.—The public sales are about over ; of the little quantity that has sold, as our reports from day to day have shown, prices must be quoted at 2d. and 3d. per pound on the average lower than the market prices previous to the sale. The quotation of Molasses, 345. to 365., according to quality. Rice is in speculative demand and prices looking up, and are now 12s. to 15s. 6d. No alteration when we left the market in Saltpetre. Pepper is in quired after, and so is Pimento; and prices have an improved inclina tion. The exports and imports are light just now. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, Jax. 8. Cotton was in pretty fair request this morning, and though no reac tion has taken place in prices, the trade may be considered as consider ably steadier than it has been for some time past ; 3,000 bags are the quantity for which our last quotations were readily realized. WINDSOR-MONDAY. --- Lord and Lady John Russell, With their familyi are expected at the Castle to-day, on a visit to the Queen. The oval dinner party yesterday evening consisted thd C . /neon, Iler i4nyAl Highness the Duchcss of Kent, Viscount Melbourne, CouniegS Millgrave, Lady Mary Stopford, Hon. Colonel Grey, Hon. Mrs. Vliconat Toning ton, Baronness Lehzen, lion. Misses Leyasfer, hails ; Mut , t:t, and azver.diAi, Barcn Stockmar, William Cowper, an'd the Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Cavendish. A ball was to have been git'elt this work at the Castle to the inferior members of her Majesty's housiiold, but which has been postponed until after the hatchments erected to his late most oicellent Majesty William IV. arc removed—a very pro per determination, &rid one olikh has been ;yell received by all the parties concerned. COURT CIRCULAR. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge, Prince Georg, and the Princeses L insta and May of Cambridge, attended by Mks Ke: - r, arrived at Cambridge House, Piccadilly, at half-past four o'clock yest,Tday after. noon, from Hastings:. Lord and Lady John Russell left Wilton-crescent yesterday morning, for Winesor Castle, on a risit to h r Majesty. Vis ccunt Duncanmn also left town yesterday, for Windsor Cattle. Mr. Woodcock had an interview with Lord Glenelg yester day, at the Colonial-office. M. Tricoupi, the Grecian Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Forcin office. Viscount Beresford transacted business yesterday, at the Home-office. Sir Thomas and Lady Munro left Farralce's Hotel, Bcl - yesterday, for Brighton. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE ARRIVALS. lion. Charles Stanley, in Grosvenor-sci . are, from a tour ; Earl and Countess of Euston, in Grosvenor- squani, from Suf folk ; Lord Charles Fitzroy, at Burlington-house, Piccadilly, from Windsor ; Viscount Stormont, from the Earl of Mans field's seat, Scone Palace, Perthshire ; Lord Archibald St. Maur, at Somerset House, Park-lane, from a tour ; Sir \Vm. and Lady Chatterton, in Seamore-place, from the Hon. Locke King's, Woburn Park, Surrey ; Lord and Lady Huntingdon, from their seat, Clashmore, county Waterford ; Hon. Captain Cowper, in Maddox -street, from Windsor Cas tle ; Mr. and Mrs. Tuffaell, in South -street, Park-lane, from Essex ; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Baring, in Stanhope-street, from Chelmsford ; Colonel Burdett, in Duke -street, Saint James's, from a tour ; Lord Lake, from ditto ; Mr. Womb well, in George-street, from Copt Hall, Essex ; Mr. Borth wick, M. P. and family, in Postlewood-place, from Evesham ; Lord and Lady Douglas Gordon, from Lord Frederick Gor don's, Isleworth. DEPARTURES. Earl of Cadogan, from the Terrace, Piccadilly, for Beau desert, on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Anglesey; Mr. and Mrs. Wentworth Beaumont, from Piccadilly, for their seat, Bretton Hall, near Wakefield ; Earl Howe, from South Audley-street, for Gopsal Hall, Atherstone ; Duke of St. Alban's, from Stratton-street, for Foremark, on a visit to Sir Francis Burdett ; Colonel Patrickson, for Leamington Spa, Warwickshire ; Duke of Argyll, from Grosvenor-street, for Dover ; Hon. Colonel Fox, from Pall-mall, for Ampthill Park, Nottinghamshire ; Lord Ingestrie, from St. James's square, for Warwickshire ; Baroness Ponthieu, for Dover ; Sir John and Lady Mordaunt, from Cavendish-square, for their seat in Warwickshire : Lord Foley, for a tour of visits in Kent. CHANGES. - - Sir William and Lady Somerville, at Dover, from Bifrons, the seat of the Marchioness of Conyngham, near Canterbury ; Earl of 111u1,grave, at Dublin Castle, from a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Leinstcr, at Carton ; Earl and Countess of Burlington, at Chatsworth, on a visit to the Duke of Devon shire, from Holkham Hall, cum Millenthorpe ; Viscount Maid stone, at Belvoir Castle, on a visit to the Duke of Rutland, from a visit to the Earl of Fitzwilliam, at Peterborough ; Lord and Lady Holmesdale, at Montreal, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Amherst, from the Wilderness, the scat of the Marquis of Camden ; Duke of Wellington, at Croome Park, on a visit to the Earl of Coventry, from the Duke of Rutland's seat, Belvoir Castle. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, JAN. 6.—The Bishop of Exeter has presented the Rev. John Revels Mitford, of Christ Church, to the vicarage of Manacean, Cornwall. The Rev. J. Hallett, of Oriel College; has been presented to the vicarage of Waltham-with-Pctham, Kent; the patrons of which are the Archbishop of Canterbury and Sir J. C. Honeywood, Bart., alternately. The Rev. William Sinclair, of St. Mally Hall, son of the late Right Hon. Sir John Sinclair, Bart., has been elected officiating minister of the New Church, St. George's, Leeds. Mr. Godfrey Bolles Lee, Probationary Fellow of New Col lege, has been admitted Actual Fellow of the same Society. The Rev. Richard Jesson Dawes, of Worcester College, has been admitted by the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, to the Perpetual Curacy of Salperton, Gloucestershire. Patron, John Browne, Esq., of Salperton House. The Dowager Marchioness Conyngham, at Bifrons House, Kent, entertained a family circle during the holydays. The Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury are enter taining a distinguished party at Alton Towers, Staffordshire. The Russian Ambassador entertained a party of twelve at dinner last evening, consisting of Lord and Lady Burghersh, Count Bodiser, the Russian Minister at Wash ington; Chevalier Hummelauer, Count de Pollon, M. de . Berg, Col. di Borgo, Prince Paul Lieven, &c. The Duke of Argyll (Lord Steward) arrived in Upper Brook-street on Friday, from Windsor Castle, and on Saturday left town for Waterloo-crescent, Dover. The Earl and Countess of Burlington left Holkar House on Wednesday last, accompanied by Lord Cavendish, for Chatsworth, on a visit to the Duke of Devonshite. The Hon. Mrs. Cavendish and the Hon. Richard Cavendish left the previous day for the same destination, and the Hon. W. and Lady Fanny Howard left for Mistley Hall on a visit to Lord and Lady Rivers. The Noble Earl's domestics have left the above splendid seat for town. Sir Compton and Lady Doraville are preparing to leave their seat in Ireland. Lieut.-Col. Lord Thomas Cecil arrived in town yesterday from Belvoir Castle. On• Vednesday evening there was a grand reception at Court, at which upwards of 3,000. persons were present, and more than 700 carriages were admittA into the Court of the Tuileries. The company did not retire till 12 o'clock.— Paris Paper. The Earl of Rosse has taken the mansion in Bel grave Square for another year, in consequence of Admiral Sir Charles and Lady Ogle having extended their Conti nental tour. The Earl of Cadogan has left Piccadilly for Beau desert, on a visit to the Marqu's and Marchioness of Anglesea. Viscount Stormont, M. P., has joined the family circle at Caen Wood, Hampstead, from Scone Palace, Perth shire. Lord and Lady Mahon are still among the resi dents at Gunton. Lord Suffield is carrying on the war in gallant style. The stag-hounds have been reinforced, and the county may brisk up at the intelligence of the arrival of several rcw deer, purchased at an enormous price from the Earl of Chesterfield. The Earl and Countess Grey have been dispensing their bounties to the poor families in the neighbourhood of Howick Hall most liberally. The Venerable Earl will return to town for the season early in February, accompanied by his Viscount Earlsford, eldest son of the Earl of Clon mel, will shortly be united to the lion. Annette Burgh, daught_T of Lord Downes. The young Viscount attained his majority towards the end of last mouth. The bride is in her eiliteentli year. _ Lord Sandys, late Lord Arthur Hill, in conse quence of his recent accession to the Peerage, has retired from the command of the Royal Scots Greys (2d Dragoons.) His Lordship's successor in the Lieutenant-Colonelcy is Colonel Charles Wyndham. Colonel Juddrell and Colonel Shawe arc the officers who are command the brigade of the Grenadier and Coldstream Guards ordered to embark for foreign service in Canada. Colonel Chaplin, M. P. for Stamford, intends to accompsnv his battalio❑ abroad. Mr. Ferguson, of Raith, her Majesty's Lieutenant for Fife, has appointed the following gentlemen to be Deputy.. Lieutenants of that county :—Rear Admiral Sir Charles Adam, younger of Blairadam ; Sir Peter Halkett, of Pitter ran. Bart. ; Sir Gecrge Campbell, of Edenwood, Knight; Charles Kinnear, F,sq., of Kinnear; and Lieut.- Colonel John Briggs, of Strathairlic. Viscount Howie!: entertained Viscount Melbournt and a small party at dinner, on Friday, at his residence, in Whitehall-place. The frost was yet) , intense during the whole of Sun day night and yesterday, and continued so during last night. The ponds in the neighbourhood of the metropolis afforded an abundant supply of ice. TITHE CASE.—This was an appeal made from the decision of Messrs. Marriott and Jones, Magistrates of the county of Hereford, by Sir H. lloskyns, Bort. The Reverend W. Coke, Vicar of the parish of Pencoyd, summoned the Baronet before the Bench of Magistrates for refusing to pay the tithe of certain fields of clover belonging to him in that parish. The defendant pleaded that as the clover was not in tended for seed or to be sold, but was for fodder for his own cattle, he was not a mena bl e fnr tithes. The Magistrates over-ruled the defence, and adjudged Sir Hungerford to pay four pounds for tithe and the expenses. The appeal came on for hearing at the Herefordshire Sessions on Monday. For the appellant it was stated that Sir Hungerford Hoskyns as the lay-rector, and had the right to the large tithes, and that Mr. Coke, the vicar, had the small tithes, of which the seed of clover was one. The appellant did not set out the clover for seed, but for fodder, and the defendant contended that as part of the clover had run to seed, the vicar had a right to have the whole crop laid out, and the seed rubbed from the tenth part, and delivered to him. In reply cases were cited proving that the crop as fodder was to be considered as large tithe, and not as vicarial or small tithe. After a lung consultation the bench decided that mops of artificial grasses intended solely for fodder and food for cattle were alone subject to the rect ial or large tithe, and that the appeal ..vas sustained. .—Hereford Journal. CANA DA. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Bryan - Anne-square, Jan. 8, 1833, gitl i ----=The efforts which the opponents of the Canadas sic making to represent the real situation of affairs in these pro %inces--to persuade the people of England that the Canadians have no real gri:tvanccs to complain of—and that it is only Radicabi like myself who arc now making complaints. for the 111 , 2 ast time, against tire measures of the Colonial Office— are so perseveringly continued, that I beg lave to submit trs your readers the opinions of some influential Members of Par liament, who have always been considered as Whigs, and no thing more. / 4 :l`tet‘ Vit.! presentation by Sir James Mackintosh, in 1828, of a retition frotii Lower Canada, figned by 87,000 of the most wealthy and influential proprietors and iArabitants of that province, a debate took place in the fluuse of Commons on tic 2 , 1. of May, on the proposal, by Mr. Huskisson, the then Secretary for the Colonies, for the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the grievances stated in that peti tion. I took part in that dArit, and I request those gentle men who are desirous of knowing how long the Canadians have et.tmplained against the British Government and its Go vernors then, encl what were the extent and nature of those complaints, to peruse that debate. It will appear that at that lime (1828), there had been ten s tars of squabble and hosti lidee between the Canadians and their Governors—that it was the irtentlon of Mr. Pitt, and of the Parliament which passed the Bill in 1791, for st>parating - the Provinces into Upper and Lower Canada, to throw the political weight into the hands of the French settlers, then, as now, the most numerous in the province, in order that they should enjoy the rights and customs to which they were attached : —that it was also intended that the Legislative Council should, as well as the House of Assembly, be sleeted f,om the French Canadians :—that the large majority of the Legislative Council were then. as they have been since that time, placemen, and _English or of English descent, having little interest as lauded proprietors, and holding their offices at the pleasure of the Governor :—that these Legislative Councillors were consequently the slaves and dependants of the Governor, to carry his views, and not the views of the Per ple into effect :—that the English race, now called the British party, consisted then, as they do now, principally of the Civil an:l . Military Qflicers of the Government, and their servants and dependants in the towns :—that an attempt was then made and has been now repeated, to draw a distinction as to the right of enjoyment of civil rights, between the French settlers and the English party, a distinction equally - mischievous in po licy, as unjust in principle :—and, that in fact, the existence of the Legislative Council was then declared to be a Consti tutional grievance. By the Petition from the House of Assem bly in Lower Canada, presented to the House of Commons in 1836, it will appear that the catalogue of grievances which I have now given, and many others which existed in 1828, and had then produced so much dissatisfaction and irritation, exist at .this time, with greatly increased force, although petitions and addresses have been presented by the People, and by the Houses of Assembly in that Province, yearly, since that time, praying for redress ;—hut redress has been pertinaciously re fused, and the people have been thus goaded, to adopt the Constitutional means of stopping part of the supplies yearly, since 1833, with the view of forcing the attention of the Ministers of the Crown and of Parliament to their com plaints. They have persevered, with a degree of forbearance and patience almost unexampled, in seeking- redress, but without effect; and, in my opinion, they would have perse vered much longer to demand relief in a constitutional way of the House of Commons, had they not, in April last, agreed to the revolutionary resolutions, proposed by Lord John Russell, which violated their constitutional rights, which had been so sacredly guaranteed to them by the Act of 1791. In support of the statement I have made, I request that the speech of Mr. Henry Labouchere, who had visited the Ca nadas in 1827, and is now Vice-President of the Board of Trade, may be attentively considered. He is not a Radical !I I ask your readers also to give due weight to the statement of facts, and to the opinions of Sir James Mackintosh, as herein subjoined, before they join in the cry that Lower Canada has no real grievance, or that the strong dissatisfaction and ex citement existing in that province has been produced by the Radicals in the House of Commons:— IN THE DEBATE ON MAY 2, 1828, IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. LABOUCHERE said, " No doubt the House is justified in interfering with the inferior legislatures in extreme cases, and if it be done in this case I trust it will be done with all due regard to the rights given by the compact between this country and Canada to the French Canadians. The principal object of the Bill (of 1791) was the division of Canada into Upper and Lower, and the object of this was to throw the political weight into the hands of the French settlers, who formed the great majority of the population. It was the only way Mr. Pitt could devise to settle the Canadians in the enjoyn►ent of the rights and customs to which they were attached." " Mr. Pitt intended that the Legislative Assembly should be selected . from the French Canadians, as well as the House of Assembly." " I am sure the Canadas can never be preserved to this country without the entire affection and approbatfun of the Colonists." Sir JAME*. MACKINTOSII- 4 ' My maxims of Colonial policy are few and simple—full permission to conduct the whole of their own internal affairs, compelling them to pay all the rea sonable expenses of th,tir own Government, and giving thou at the same time a perfect control over the expenditure ; end lastly, imposing no restrictions of any kind upon the industry or traffic of the people."—" These arc the only maxims bf which colonies can be well governed, and the only maxims bf which the evils of a distant Government can be mitigated; hut of all these maxims, in my opinion, the most fundamental is, that those living in the colonies should manage them selves." Sir J. MAexitiTosti continued, " In every country the wishes ofthe greater number of the inhabitants, and those in posses sion of the great mass of the property ought to have great in fluence with the Government—they ought to possess the power of the Government; and, if this be the case as a general rule, it ought, a multi fortiori, to be followed in the government of colonies by a distant country, to which the information that is to guide the Government is sent by a few, and is never correct nor complete." " The ten years of squabbles and hostilities which have ex isted are a sufficient charge against the Government." " Undoubtedly the House of Assembly has a right to ap propriate the supplies it grants. This is implied in the verf nature of the grants. It is the right of every representative assembly ; and to the exercise of this right the House of Commons is indebted for its importance and utility. If this right be not possessed by the House of Assembly, it is a mero delusion to talk of its control over the public expenditure." " The Right Hon. Gentleman ( Huskisson) admits this right ; but the Governor of Canada has infringed on it. He e appropriates 140,0001. of the supplies without the authority of the Assembly." " There is no disgrace in a Government consulting the feel ings of the people. There is nothing so unfortunate as on infatuated arrogance on the part of a Government; and there is nothing c,hich is a stronger indication of its precarious ness, and which will so surely lead to its fall. It is a fatal opinion in the rulers of a country to despise, the people ; and its safety, honour, and strength are at all times best preserved by consulting their wishes and feelings."--; " Of the Councillors, consisting of twenty-seven, seventeen hole places under the Government at pleasure. These seventeen divide among themselves 15,000/. of public money, which 0 not a small suns in a country where 1,000/. a-year is large income for a country gentleman. The nine remaining councillors were worn out by opposing the seventeen, and at present have withdrawn from attending its deliberations • an two of them, being the most considerable landowners of tlt province, were among the subscribers to the petition I - pre, seined to the House. Under these circumstances, I appeal to the House if the Canadians are not justified in considering thi very existence rf this Council as a Constitutional grievance —All who have places in the Council, or at least the majoriti of them, are, in the worst sense of the word, ‘placemen, ploycd, not to give counsel to the Governor—for slaves can' not give counsel to their masters—but to screen him from tlt natural consequences of his own acts : the existence of lc Council so composed, and so constituted, is a crying griev ance. The English race principally consists of the militar and civil officers of the Government, and their employes the towns—respectable persons, no douLt, whose claims ough not to be neglected ; but how can any system of represento' tion he devised, that is not founded on an iniquitous basillt. which will give them an equal interest faith the native Cana', - dians, the original propri, tors of the soil ? Do riot let n' consider, or give any other persons ground for supposing, that we consider the native Canadians as less dear to us than any eth,,r class of our fellow-subjects. They are equally the subjects of the Kin;; with ourselves, and are as well entitled t ° the protection of the law as the English inhabitants. Let 1 1 consider all his Majesty's suljects in Canada equal and s ut our ears to all unwise distinctions about English an French races, for such distinctions cannot exist w ith ou t gene . : rating alarm, even if they do not pr o d uce m i sc hi e f. PT perfectly convinced that' the Canadas can never be lung hel"1 I will even say that they cannot be justly held, exce pt by a tot° abstinence on our part from all interposition with their inte7 nal affairs, by considering the inhabitants as of one race 0. 1 1 , one family, and by making no distinction in reasoning, less in law, between the descendants of English and of Frili c settlers." Mr. STANLEY.—" I am very well aware that there are times i l which Constitutions solemnly sworn to on one day are violat e . before the ink is dry upon the par c h men t ; b ut equa ll y certoP.. am I, that this is not the way Englishmen will treat congsituti timid compacts. Englishmen will not look on a Constituti t at as a mere arbitrary and uncertain law, that may be alterca, pleasure ; but they will consider it as a system of precu t. ' 0 principles of Government. which by long habit has bel e interwoven, and almost identified, with th e f ee li ngs cf people." JOSEPH HUIIF• On Tuesday last, about five o'clock in the afterno° .0 d • . a large th a t c h e d b arn was stan di ng a l one i n a field, adjoglill farming premises in the occupation of Mr. Ellis at Q 0 '. 6 .0 in this c oun t ry , was w i l f ully set on fire, and the contents foe quarters of barley), entirely consumed. What renders ti t , act the more daring is that several of Mr. Ellis's serv o were at w ork close by at the tirne.—Canibridge Chronicle. The house of G renus an d C o . , o f G eneva, are 313 t to send a vessel on a voyage round the world, in order to rr e i:e tablish new vents for the manufactures of Switzerland. 4 .; cr n _Edmond, th e s hi p se l ecte d f or this purpose, is to sa il ico , Havre about th e end o f Janunry. Messrs. Grenus Ge offered a free passage to any naturalist tin horn the city 0 th e ncva would sen d out, to make collections for ti:e Muscat of ,bt city ; but, stiauge to say, the authorities have not r 11° ,., 5 7,01 proper t o ava i l themselves of the cffe.r. A young co" Glarus, however, a M. T:hudi, is to proceed with the c"` dition, in order to collect for the Mus.eunt of Neufchatel.